IHG just announced that The Big Win is returning in 2014! Â I will have a post coming up next week about this year’s Big Win promotion and how I was able to complete all of the tasks. Â With my specific offer, I was able to earn a significant amount of points for very little spend. Â If you are new to The Big Win, essentially it is a promotion where you are given certain tasks to complete. Â By completing each task, you are awarded a certain number of points. Â If you complete all of the tasks, then you get the Big Win!
The 2014 promotion works much like the one in 2013. Â Based on anecdotal evidence, people are finding their overall offers to be much lower than the previous version with more difficult tasks. Â With that said, my offer was only slightly worse than the 2013 offer and Jasmine’s actually was better. Â Let me break down my offer and then Jasmine’s!
Shawn’s Offer:
- Stay a total of 5 nights – 8,400 points
- Stay at 2 IHG brands – 9,600 points
- Book 2 stays at the IHG website or mobile app – 1,900 points
- Stay 2 Saturday nights – 4,800 points
- Stay at 2 Holiday Inn hotels – 8,000 points
- Complete all tasks – 33,000 points
TOTAL POINTS: 65,700 (My 2013 offer involved 4 nights and awarded 79,500 points.)
Jasmine’s Offer:
- Stay a total of 4 nights – 8,000 points
- Stay at 2 different brands – 16,000 points
- Stay 2 Saturday nights – 8,000 points
- Book 2 stays through the IHG app – 8,000 points
- Stay at 2 Holiday Inn Hotels – 8,000 points
- Complete all tasks – 48,000 points
TOTAL POINTS: 96,000 (Her 2013 offer involved 4 nights, required stays in 2 specified cities and awarded 99,000 points.)
Analysis:
It seems that Jasmine definitely got a better offer. Â Her offer only requires 4 nights instead of 5 and awards over 30,000 additional points. Â I wonder what information they use to determine the offers. Â Perhaps since I am going to complete The Big Win in 2013, they gave me a lower offer. Â Either way, I am pretty sure the math will add up for us to complete Jasmine’s version of the offer, but not mine.
Also as a reminder, this promotion is stackable with all other IHG promotions. Â I usually pay a visit to this Flyertalk thread for a list of current codes and add them to my account before a stay. Â Factoring in other promotions, these four nights should net Jasmine close to 140,000 points! Â Since we value each point at around .5 cents, that means she will get about $700 worth of points for stays that we should be able to complete for less than $300! Â To register for the promotion click here.
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